Halfpenny

1940

Thin Planchet

1941

Die Crack on R of George

Die Crack on Kings ear

1944

Die Crack from second A of Zealand to E of Penny

1960

Broken Neck / Wide eye variety

1961

Wide Eye Variety

In John Cresswell’s book New Zealand Practical Guides : Collecting Coins and Medals 1973 there is a mention of a 1961 Halfpenny with large eyes on Tiki. Notice the lines under the Tiki’s left (higher) eye are missing

Normal

Wide Eye

Normal

Wide Eye

One thing that has been noticed is a gap forms between the Head and Body on the wide eye variety but this gap also appears larger on other 1961 halfpennies